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i ; rQMVia* yntuand placed the government in the hand* hake•f the cabinet* ; n,ightd 10 i HP- 'H ” - '*» - ■ 'W '-.» - lt;■ . ■ * . - *J|. I , M. at 1 ----- • --- :fenM*-late.saneMURDER GUILTj today swer tionsjd ADMITTED BY ““ to-iceptehii-A I Ilf I I I I TAJ 13 1 r rEvlt;rs. withISAAC CHILDSI ern I j comrrj to arSLAYER OF NEGRO WOMAN what ther IS GIVEN t5 YEARS ! fains.STATE PRISON j 'tomir...-Isaac Childs, negro, indicted by decisirthe February grand jury for murder, in connection with the fatal^hooting of Ctssii? Davis on Oct.untilawaykanstmt14, 1929, pleaded guilty when couldirten issed ome, iger-been half forW1the \ ing t quire aetiv f ring Ameiazosand67 s of •oun-agedfourhard. J.Bry-rten; anueJ. P.bothbrought to trial in district court | this morning before Judge W . C.Davis.By agreement of both state and defense attorneys and the defendant a sentence of 15 years in state prison was recommended to the jury and thi- sentence was assessed by the jury, which re j/ljv turned a verdict of guilty. jThe two days in which motion for a new trial might be filed were waived and Judge Davis immediately pronourtced sentence on Childs. The murder was one oi the most brutal in recent criminal history in Brazos county. According to evidence presented Childs shot the woman as she was picking cotton in a field near her home, on the Smetana road, and then fledthe country. He returned to Bryan about six weeks ago and was placed in jail.The body of the murdered worn- iden an was found late in the afternoon jurer by an 8-year-old son who had re-;purK turned from school and had gone * Rou: to the field to aid his mother in nom picking cotton. I lowsGan Ittati\Men p Prof their honn er o: ian j Misshelddock — . j. *j The case w as prosecuted by Oaktist McKenzie, who acted as county at-the turney during the February ses-i :_ sion of the grand jury, and Sam ling i Hoyle. W. S. Barron, named by jun the court acted as defense counsel.loeh-iryaniFourth CarloadiwinsentRidenandr ____ t____i___Ith
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 04, 1930
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